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25 May 2005, 07:10 (Ref:1309579) | #1 | ||
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Dastle F3 mk10
was this car more successful when it came back into historic f3 than it was in period with Barrie Maskell?
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25 May 2005, 16:07 (Ref:1310005) | #2 | |||
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25 May 2005, 16:10 (Ref:1310009) | #3 | ||
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was it successful in period as I did a google search and was directed to the classic F3 site which insinuated that it wasnt that successful and underfunded in period...
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25 May 2005, 19:02 (Ref:1310120) | #4 | ||
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www.f3history.co.uk
According to the above website the car was underfunded and suffered from an unreliable engine. The following is an extract fro their notes on teh Mk 10:-
"Maskell took an excellent second at Cadwell Park in June and a third in the same month at Snetterton. A fifth at Cadwell in July was the only other result of note." As with a lot of cars the main thing to hold it back was money. |
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26 May 2005, 09:08 (Ref:1310512) | #5 | ||
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Steve, I think there was probably a bit more to it than simply lack of money.
At that time, mid-70s, F3 was becoming a lot more serious, and 'one-off/homebuilts' which I think the Dastle was, were finding it harder to keep up with better-resourced or works backed teams running Marches/Modi/Ralts/Chevrons etc. The advent of different engines also counted against such privateers, I believe for example that there was a lot of difference between good and less good Toyota Novas for example, though as you know my techy knowledge is next to zero ! |
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26 May 2005, 09:13 (Ref:1310515) | #6 | ||
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the Dastle was the end of the twin cams era - as you say the end of the gentlemen drivers in mainstream single seaters
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16 Oct 2006, 11:25 (Ref:1739155) | #7 | ||
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F3 Dastle Mk10 constructed in 1973 with chassis number 073-003 is now owned by Geoff Stallard who ran it for the first time at the HSA Curborough sprint yesterday (Sunday 15/10/06).
The car is fitted with a Twin Cam and won the Historic Racing Car class and then the Class winners run-off! Geoff will be running the car in Speed Events next season alongside his TVR Vixen. The car was originally Rumble's own car and was very little used in period. |
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